![]() They're already being criticized, even by Democratic lawmakers, that this testing ramp up is coming well after the omicron surge started.īut this website is magnitudes less complicated than. Politically, it is really critical for the White House to get this right. KEITH: Certainly, the Biden administration is haunted by the ghost of, which means they are doing everything to avoid a similar problem. Any reason to believe this one won't also run into issues? ![]() SHAPIRO: Tam, in 2013, the federal government launched a big website that catastrophically failed,. Officials said the administration initially went to warehouses to buy existing supply to be able to ship out those very first tests by the end of January. One, Atlantic Trading, sells mostly to grocery stores. They're wholesalers, importers, acquisitions groups. The rest are from companies you've probably never heard of - Goldbelt Security, Revival Health, Medea, Atlantic Trading. Although the last two of those got their FDA authorizations relatively recently and are new to the U.S., they've been distributed in Europe and Asia for a while. Most of those are coming from test manufacturers Abbott - which makes BinaxNOW - Roche - which distributes SD Biosensor - and a company called iHealth. SYDNEY LUPKIN, BYLINE: Well, so far, the government has signed contracts for around 430 million tests. SHAPIRO: And, Sydney, where are these tests coming from? How many has the government purchased? The idea is for Americans to get some tests to have on hand for when they might need them going forward. Postal Service, shipping out 7 to 12 days after they put in the order. So anyone who wants them can go to the website or call into a hotline they're setting up, give their name and address, and the tests will be shipped to them via the U.S. To start with, it will just be four tests per household address. That's tests, plural - hard to say on the radio. TAMARA KEITH, BYLINE: So this website will go live next Wednesday. Pharmaceuticals correspondent Sydney Lupkin and White House correspondent Tamara Keith are here to talk about this. Today, the White House shared details about a new website launching next week, where people will be able to order free tests to be sent to their homes. Many Americans can't find at-home rapid COVID tests, and that's a lingering problem for the Biden administration as the omicron variant has COVID cases surging to new highs.
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